Projectile.



P.'J. PEAHSN.

PROJECTILE.

APPUcATloN FILED FEB. s, 1915.

Patented July 1l, 19H5.

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n P. J. PEARSON.

PROJECTILE.

APPLICATION msn FEB.8,1915.

Patented July 11, 1916.

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ERGJECTZLE.

Application ed ebruaiy' 8, 1915. Serial No. 6,8

To @Zigi/07mm t vmay Concern:

Be it known that l, PETER JOHN PEARSON, a citizen of Canada. residing :it Stfii'eley, in the Province of Alberts and Dominion of Canada, have invented. certain new and iisefnl Improvements in Projectiles, of which the following is e specification.

This invention relates to improvements in projectiles and its object is to produce ai projectile provided with an inflammable luicl :1nd with :i percussion cup whereby the fluid is vignited when the. projectile strikes :i resisting object.

`Witli the foregoing and other objects in View the invention consists in the combinetion incl arrangements of perte 'to lie llereine'ter fully described 'in the following specification, pointed out in the claims and illnsrntecl in the accompanying drawings which toi-in u. part of snif. specification :incl in nfliieli- Figure l is :i side projectile. view therethrough. Fig. 3 is tion. tzilicn on line of Fig, 9..

*View oi"- niy improved is n. longitudinal sectional view showing priijectile at the moment of contact with en object. Fig. 5 is s longitudinal sectional View ot' a. modification. 'Fig i3 is n cross section teken on line 5 5 of 5.

liile reference elierect s inrliente Corresponding parts 'tllroiignoiit the sei-:eral views.

Referring te' l, 2, 3, and el the refA @renee numeral designates the shell vwhich is formeel Wit-li surface grooves F2 and Ywith .interi-:ir longitudinal openinffs or retions 3 adapted to contain en inflammable luicl 4; the ends of tire open pertions being plugged with metal caps .5. The shell Ti' is formed with a slifinl or stein 6 which e3:- tends inte :L bore formed in the enel the stock 7, a space or Cell 8 being oetween tlie end of the shank and the bottoni of the bere in tlie stock and' sai/l cell is adapted Vt contain :in inflammable iiiiiil. Between 'the enil the steek and the enlarged heeel of the sliell :i cell or eliennel 9 is formed which is connectenL with the seirl sell 8 by channels S. and seid nell 9 eontains un inflammable 'fluid and is eevererl or capped by a ring l0, one edge of which is disposed in :in annular groove ll in the head o" the shell and the opposite erige of which ebuts :in annular shoulder l2 formed near the end of the stoel'. The point or nose Specication of Letters Patent.

`Fig. 2 is n longitudinal sectionalv inlaininable fluid lispe"" cl in the per of the shell is rovirleil with :in exterior perthe object struck should it be 01"' e. combusti ble nature.

in tlie'inodiieation, 5 anni 3, the shell. l contains small bullet :intl an interior percussion Cep l. wlrc. s explnfieil by Contact with the lnfiilet 'when tli' tile lnncls or strikes; tlie cavity li' t s i bullet l and the interior well e "lie being iillecl with en inflammable Enid is forced out tfirongli the perforetions the siiell the time the impe What ie eleiineil is 2-- l. i prejectile ceniprising :i .'toclr with :i terminal bore, an interiorly pen rin il shell arranged in the borefl enti @if vid stock, caps for seifl perforated portinns, e heed of said Shell being spaced :in 'y oithe enti. of sziiii sto-elli, :i eeniieoting tl` heeel ef seid shell seid steek. e. permis -on cap carried by seid sli/ll and iin inflammable fluid disposed in the peri rated portions of seid shell and iii epeceri 'pere tion between the heini of said shell and tire :icljneent end el" Seial stoel; 2. A projectile con'iprising with n 'terminal bore. :in interi-@fly oretezi sliell cc nprising ii lie-srl :incl oeps for tlie perf .rete portions of Seial slisl 'the seid slinnlr proj-excel into the ene. of seid stoelr n listanee less than tieptn of the here therein and lineal being specerl s. my from the adjacent el il of s l steek; said head being formed Witl. :in an nulzir grofwe, :in annular slieulcler :termed upon the enel of snid stonk, collar oonneetine; seid stoeli and shell :incl interni edges abutting suini siieiilder :in posed in tl'ie groove@ portie-n o3? percussion cap cnrrieil by siiifi slieli e portions of said shell and in the spaced per tions between smid heeel and steelt :incl tween seid shank encl stock.

fr proiectile comprising n hollow foreted shell7 en interior percussion seid shell, n bullet arranged in eef .i shell and spaced away from the nose thereof, an ture in the presence of two Subscribing Witlnflammable md arranged 1n the hollowedv nesses.

end of said shell and in the apertured por- PETER JOHN P-EARSON. tions thereof and caps for the perforated 5 portions of said shell. Witnesses:

' In testimony that I claim the foregoing R. A. HOPKINS,

as my own have hereto axed my signa- AXEL SUNDQUIST. 

